Yours truly [Dark Artifices].

Overprotective family.

Somewhere in Alicante:

"Well done, son!" Carlos Rosewood slapping his oldest son on the back.

"Thanks dad" Leon replied, almost stumbling by the strength his dad packed into his slap.

"What's wrong Manuel?" the older twin asked his younger brother, feeling his worry though their parbatai bond.

"I think I just saw Carmen heading towards the Accords Hall" Manuel replied to his twin Lucas, earning the attention of every member of the Rosewood family "But that can't be right, she is at the Scholomance for extra private lessons" he continued, but he did not look very convinced "I mean, she wouldn't lie to us and enlist into war behind our backs..."

"That's something Carmen would totally do" Leon corrected his brother, looking worriedly at his father who was already sending the Scholomance's Dean a fire message.

"What did they reply?" Lucas asked carefully, as he watched his father start to shake from contained anger.

"They told me that Carmen had never had extra private lessons and that in reality she has been spending the whole month in the London Institute with Ty Blackthorn, Kit Herondale and Arthur Trueblood. Not to mention that her name was in the list for the Idris overtake mission" Carlos informed his sons, trembling in both anger and fear.

Carlos had not known how to react when the Silent Brother had told him that his youngest child was a girl. The Rosewood family had always had sons, they were known for that fact as much as for being the one of the strongest warrior families. So, a girl was a great shock for him. It was both a blessing and a curse. Carmen was the light of his world, his little girl. Everyone in the family adored her. She was beautiful both outside and inside, open minded and never judged anyone. So wise and mature, her brothers always went to her if they wanted help solving something or simply needed to take something off their chests. They knew she would ways had the answer and would never judge.

The angel of the Rosewood family. That even the downloaders of Spain loved and always went to for help. So, it was no surprise that they were very protective of her. The only reason they had let her go to the Scholomance, away from their protection, was because that would keep her away from missions and the danger that is the shadow world. Finding out that she had enlisted into war and might have gotten hurt, had all of the frozen in fear. They didn't even say a thing, before rushing towards the Accords Hall.

Carmen Rosewood was in for a lot of trouble.

Accords Hall:

"By the way, where are Cristina and Mark?" Carry asked Emma "I expected them to be here for the fight"

"Cristina is pregnant!" Emma announced happily, earning squeals from both Clary and Isabelle "They don't know who is the father but all three of them will raise the baby together. Things are improving greatly at the Unseelie Court, the people love Kieran and he is a great king so they are not objecting that much about his idea of getting rid of the law that doesn't allow the king to marry mortals. As fey are polygamous they already allow marriages of three. For now they are engaged but won't get married until Kieran can assure that his court will treat his future wife and husband with respect and care they deserve" she informed the other two.

"I am so happy for them!" Isabelle exclaimed joyfully and demanded to more info about the wedding plans.

Julian took that as an escape chance, to leave Emma's side and finally face Kit.

"Kit" Julian called out for the younger Herondale "Can we talk? Alone?" he added when he saw him look towards Ty and Carmen who were into a deep conversation with Magnus and Alec.

"Ok" Kit said, gulping nervously, as he followed him to a secluded corner "So, what do you need from me?"

"Well, Kit, I simply intent to warn you of what will happen to you if you ever hurt my little brother again" the blond flinched at the mention of his previous mistake "You left him, that hurt him immensely" Julian glared at Kit "I don't know what happened between you guys and I don't care, that's between you two. But if he ever comes to me in tears I will chop of that tool of yours and feed it to you, then Mark will use you as practice target, Helen and Dru will love to see your body turn into ashes" he threatened, making Kit tremble in fear "Next time you guys fight talk, never vanish like that again. Got it?" Julian pressed, only smiling when the blond nodded rapidly "Good! Welcome to the family!" Jules then proceeded to hug the younger boy tightly.

Everyone was celebrating. A family being reunited, a new family being formed and a new family member being incorporated. However, it all ended when the Accords Hall's door was slammed opened and a very mad man appeared, followed by three young boys.

"Carmen Rosewood you are so grounded!" Carlos Rosewood yelled, glaring at his daughter.

"Papi... you are here" Carmen mumbled nervously, putting Max down before making a haste retreat. Of course, Leon stopped her before she could get away "Damn you and your agility rune!"

"Why would you do something as reckless as enlisting without our permission!" Carlos screamed at her.

"You did what?!" Alec exclaimed angrily, but was ignored by the Rosewoods/

"You could have at least told us!" Lucas snapped.

"Told you what?! That I want freedom!" she screamed at them, pushing Leon away and glaring at her family "You guys have me in a golden prison afraid of letting me out. I once had a paper cut and you all overreacted! I am a shadowhunter for the Angel's sake! I am the best Scholomance has, the best warrior and you still worry. You can't have me locked up out of fear I could get hurt. I will get hurt! that's part of our job! I can even beat the crap out of my brothers and you still worry father" Carlos flinched at the use of father, she never calls him that "I am a Rosewood, I am a warrior, it is time that you start treating me like that!"

"You tell them Car!" Kit cheered, stepping forwards and wrapping an arm around her shoulders.

Carlos, Leon, Lucas and Manuel could only look at Carmen stunned. She has always been kind and gentle, never complaining. But here she was screaming at them, fighting for her freedom. They felt very guilt for making her suffer like that. It isn't that they did not understand her predicament, but they loved her and did not want her to die.

"Get lost blondie. This has nothing to do with you" Leon growled at the unknown boy.

"If you have business with my parbatai you have business with me" Kit growled back, shocking every male member of the Rosewood family.

"Parbatai?" Manuel gasped, incredulous.

"And you have business with me too" Ty went to his boyfriend's side "She is my best friend and rival, after all"

"And my girlfriend" Arthur added, stepping by Carmen's side and wrapping an arm around her waist "She is not alone, sir. She has us now, you have nothing to worry as we will take care of her. Both in life and in the battle field"

"It seems father that we screwed up drastically" Lucas said, calmly "Why don't we for once hear her out?"

"Lucas" Carmen murmured surprised, but touched by her brother standing up for her.

"Fine" Carlos finally relented "But if those punks believe that they are good enough to be my daughter's parbatai or boyfriend they have another thing coming. They will have to pass my test before that. Understood boys?" he glared at the blonds wrapped around his precious daughter.

"Understood!" they rapidly replied.

What did I get myself into? They thought, gulping nervously.